Mafex – The Dark Knight Rises Batman (v2)
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Mafex – The Dark Knight Rises Batman (v2)

DC is over here trying to reboot it's cinematic universe and here I am still stuck on the Nolan Batman films.  Maybe things will shape up and the new Batman will end up being amazing, but for now, I'm satisfied with Christian Bale's take on the character.  I really just don't feel Ben Affleck as Batman and I don't like the design of the newer suit(s) as much.  As such, for now, I'm sticking with this Batman from Mafex as my "Batman in toy form".  This is the second release of this figure, it fixes a lot of the quality…
Mafex – The Dark Knight Joker
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Mafex – The Dark Knight Joker

I'm not a huge fan of the "Nolan Batman" films as a whole, but The Dark Knight is one of my favorite movies in the broad sense.  Batman Begins, The Dark Knight Rises, both are kind of mediocre, The Dark Knight is so good though.  A lot of this is because of the Joker as the villain.  Loving Heath Ledger's Joker isn't an uncommon opinion at all for sure.  Unfortunately, in the US, Mattel has the license for DC figures, and produces most of them.  Mattel, honestly, isn't the greatest toy company, mostly because they tend to have wonky articulation…